The French authorities have followed up the case to a French citizen who arrived from England on December 19. They say he shows no symptoms and that he is in isolation at home.
Japanese media are reporting five cases of the more contagious kind. Health officials try to track down their contacts and how they got infected.
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Inmates test positive in Hudson County
At least 17 inmates have recently tested positive for COVID-19, according to an email from a Hudson County prison official. Sixteen of the individuals are district inmates and one is a federal inmate.
Both are housed in isolation, as are the other inmates they have come into contact with. Five employees who work in the prison, including nurses and correctional officers, have died from COVID.
Health workers are given the Moderna vaccine in Essex County
New Jersey takes another step forward in the fight against the coronavirus, as the state saw more than 5,000 new cases overnight.
On Saturday, health workers will receive the Moderna vaccine at Essex Community College, one of five locations in the province where the vaccine is made available.
Is in ‘footrace’ amid increasing coronavirus cases, Cuomo says
Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant in the fight against the coronavirus, saying in a Christmas Day statement that the state is in a “foot race” to distribute the vaccine amid rising cases.
The latest statistics showed that the state positivity rate declined slightly, even as hospital admissions continued to rise.
Trump is playing golf in Florida while COVID relief is on the line
President Donald Trump spends his Christmas golfing in Florida with government shutdown looming and COVID relief at stake.
Trump had no events on his public agenda on Friday after questioning the future of a massive COVID emergency response and government funding bill. But Trump tweeted that he would be holding a video conference with service representatives.
Trump is at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the holidays. If the bill is not signed, millions of Americans on the verge of escape can escape, and the government can force the pandemic to close.
Duke women end basketball season amid a virus
Duke’s women’s basketball team closed the season on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The team has been on hiatus since December 16 due to two positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracking within the tour group of the program. The Blue Devils postponed games against Miami, NC State and UNC Wilmington.
The team’s next game was against Louisville on Thursday. The men’s basketball team intended to keep playing.
Virus is attacking Belarusian prisons filled with the president’s critics
A wave of COVID-19 has engulfed prisons in Belarus full of people detained for demonstrating against the country’s authoritarian president, and some protesters who contracted the coronavirus while detained are accusing authorities of ignoring or even encourage infections.
Activists who spoke with The Associated Press after their release described hugely overcrowded cells with no proper ventilation or basic amenities and a lack of medical treatment.
Grim prediction
A new model from the University of Washington predicts the death toll in the US will be over half a million on April 1.
But researchers say that number would have been higher. The vaccine can help save more than 33,000 lives.
Meanwhile, according to the COVID Tracking Project, more than 120,000 patients have been hospitalized with coronavirus in the US. It’s the twentieth consecutive day that the nation has achieved record hospital admissions this month.
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